The scientific method II
Complete each of the following statements to describe the parts of the scientific method. Then, place the sentences in the correct order in which the scientific method tends to flow.
Scientists develop a good experimental design that contains both a test group in which the experimental variable is altered, and a control group in which the experimental variable is not altered.
The results of an experiment are called data and must be properly analyzed in order for a ________ to be reached.
Scientists use reasoning to combine observations into a tentative explanation, or ________.
Analysis of the data reveals how the manipulated variable, also known as the ________ variable, affects the measured variable, the ________ variable.
The scientific method begins with a(n) ________ of a natural event.